Visa extension filed? Immigration attorney says ICE can still arrest you; Oakland's Chantal Morales Rojas also did her paperwork before deadline

Visa extension filed? Immigration attorney says ICE can still arrest you; Oakland’s Chantal Morales Rojas also did her paperwork before deadline

Filing an extension before visa expiry may not save you from ICE arrest. Amid a sudden spike in arrests at domestic airports, immigration lawyer Poonam Gupta said what is happening is not a fault of the visa holders; it is assumptions going wrong. Citing the recent case of Oakland’s Chantal Morales Rojas who was arrested…

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“Only children are spoiled and lonely”: What science says about the 4 most common stereotypes related to them

“Only children are spoiled and lonely”: What science says about the 4 most common stereotypes related to them |

“She’s an only child, so she must be spoiled,” or “He’ll grow up lonely without siblings.” For generations, the image of the “spoiled, selfish and socially awkward” only child has been repeated in parenting conversations. But does science actually support these beliefs?Psychologists have been studying only children , and modern evidence paints a far more…

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Bankipur bypoll: 5 key takeaways from Prashant Kishor's win over BJP in its Bihar stronghold

Bankipur bypoll: 5 key takeaways from Prashant Kishor’s win over BJP in its Bihar stronghold | India News

Bankipur bypoll outcome highlights shifting political dynamics in Bihar. (Prashant Kishor – PTI image) NEW DELHI: Political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor made a successful electoral debut on Monday, winning the Bankipur Assembly bypoll by 19,324 votes against BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar after polling 64,151 votes.The bypoll, necessitated after BJP national president Nitin Nabin vacated the seat…

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Houston student Aiden Jo, 14, saw bulky packaging as a design problem; his origami-inspired answer reached a national science final

Houston student Aiden Jo, 14, saw bulky packaging as a design problem; his origami-inspired answer reached a national science final

Innovative Minds: Aiden Jo Bulky, single-use food and drink containers continue to take up large amounts of space in rubbish bins and landfills long after they are thrown away. Fourteen-year-old Houston student Aiden Jo saw this as an engineering challenge and came up with an origami-inspired collapsible container. His invention has earned him a place…

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Cambridge student Ahmed Abdelsalam, 12, designed a system that harvests energy from movement; the invention made him one of 10 finalists for a $25,000 prize

Ahmed: Cambridge student Ahmed Abdelsalam, 12, designed a system that harvests energy from movement; the invention made him one of 10 finalists for a $25,000 prize

12-year-old Ahmed Abdelsalam created energy-harvesting system A 12-year-old student from Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a technology that could help find new ways to generate cleaner energy by capturing power from everyday movement.Ahmed Abdelsalam, a sixth-grade student at Darby Vassall Upper School, created VERDA, a system that harvests energy from sources including walking.Ahmed’s project has earned…

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One renter, eight apartments and 175 years of creaking floors: Inside Calista Hill’s unusual new home

One renter, eight apartments and 175 years of creaking floors: Inside Calista Hill’s unusual new home

When 24-year-old television producer Calista Hill unlocked the front door to her apartment inside a newly restored 1850 brownstone, she expected weeks of shifting boxes and setting up furniture. Instead, she found herself walking hollow hallways in total silence, the solitary occupant of an eight-unit historic property.Hill detailed her experience of moving into the empty…

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